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Labourers carry baskets of coal in Tamil Nadu, India.

News / Energy

Nuclear tipped to be a 'game-changer' for India's energy transition

...t startup, we won't give you a return.' That's the wrong mindset." To achieve net-zero by 2070, a target set at the COP26 climate talks, India will require US$10.1 trillion in investment. The stage is...

19 Sep 2022

Nuclear tipped to be a 'game-changer' for India's energy transition

News / Waste

Should Southeast Asia return to 'native' packaging to tackle the plastic crisis?

...t to change. "Some people still refuse to bring their own containers to the refill stations — they're so used to the convenience of sachets. We thought we could change their mindset, but the transitio...

22 Nov 2021

Should Southeast Asia return to 'native' packaging to tackle the plastic crisis?

News / Food & Agriculture

Major brands bought palm oil from plantation rife with modern slavery and torture

...the more fortunate. At least two men died of injuries they sustained at the site in Langkat, North Sumatra, while being held captive. As the victims toiled in the plantation and nearby factory without...

6 Dec 2022

Major brands bought palm oil from plantation rife with modern slavery and torture

News / Policy & Finance

Climate action is 'good business', UN climate chief says at COP27

...tation to climate threats is to break the job down into what needs to be done in each of the eight years left. "You can get lost in the weeds - and the weeds don't provide the clarity and the directio...

10 Nov 2022

Climate action is 'good business', UN climate chief says at COP27

News / Food & Agriculture

As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?

...told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He fears that, as climate change adds to existing food security threats, price hikes are "a runaway train you can't stop". Worse, as costly food threatens to stoke...

9 May 2022

As conflict and climate change bite, are high food prices here to stay?

News / Waste

AI-powered solutions can turn tide for once-futile fight against marine pollution: Hong Kong start-up founder Sidhant Gupta

...t beyond the team’s expectations, and it was at that moment that Gupta knew they were on to something. “Though the prototype didn’t pick up too much rubbish at first, the reception proved that there w...

24 Mar 2023

AI-powered solutions can turn tide for once-futile fight against marine pollution: Hong Kong start-up founder Sidhant Gupta

News / Cities

School's out: Pakistan floods raise education fears for millions

...the teacher, said the latter in particular was a concern with temperatures falling in winter. He worried that a lack of heat would make it impossible for children to continue to learn in the tent thro...

28 Nov 2022

School's out: Pakistan floods raise education fears for millions

Employees work on their laptops at the Start-up Village, India

News / Policy & Finance

Asian workers pushed to upskill as pandemic quickens digital shift

...the digital sector, the green economy and the care sector as the three "priority economic growth pillars" that can create tens of thousands of jobs in the country. With disruptions brought about by th...

8 Mar 2022

Asian workers pushed to upskill as pandemic quickens digital shift

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

1.5°C warming limit: Unrealistic but we should stick to it

...the two weeks of negotiations and side conversations at the climate summit, like I did, the target seems like a joke. World leaders could not make concrete commitments to move towards that target at a...

25 Nov 2022

1.5°C warming limit: Unrealistic but we should stick to it

Opinion / Policy & Finance

Rainbow washing

...t human-rights advocate, HRC’s congressional scorecard to identify the top three companies that donated the most to the cause of anti-LGTBQ+ federal legislation in the US. At the top of the not-so-gla...

22 Jun 2021

Rainbow washing

Dechen Tsering talking at the Responsible Business Forum in Thailand

News / Policy & Finance

How I got here... UNEP Asia Pacific director Dechen Tsering

...tant career moments. The first was in Bhutan. I was one of 39 members of its constitution drafting committee. Article 5 of the constitution was devoted to the environment. [It contains a commitment to...

4 Mar 2022

How I got here... UNEP Asia Pacific director Dechen Tsering

News / Policy & Finance

WEF’s head of nature and biodiversity: we are using public funds to destroy public goods

...tions to move towards a nature positive economy. I was pleasantly surprised that one of the top things that came up was the pricing of externalities. They recognise that it’s important but they also r...

13 Oct 2021

WEF’s head of nature and biodiversity: we are using public funds to destroy public goods

Press Releases / Taronga Ventures

Global ESG innovations drive sustainability projects in the real estate sector

...they haven't been designed optimally, so let's get the designers at the table, let's get the property managers at the table, and let's get the investors at the table as well. If we all talk about mutu...

14 Mar 2023

Global ESG innovations drive sustainability projects in the real estate sector

News / Carbon & Climate

Look beyond popular areas for green innovations: investors

...tions. “It is tempting to say that the technology should be simple, or the solution should be something that's easily and widely adopted,” said Bambawale. “That's not true because sometimes the best s...

17 Jan 2022

News / Transport

Electric car sales are soaring but what speed bumps lie ahead?

...titutions to expand the workforce. Analysts say there are a lack of trained EV workers globally despite the sector's growth and expected job losses in the traditional auto sector due to the shift to e...

20 Oct 2022

Electric car sales are soaring but what speed bumps lie ahead?

News / Lifestyle

From beauty queen to social entrepreneur: Tamara Gondo on rebuilding refugee lives and protecting the environment

...ttled to other countries such as Australia, Canada or the United States. While staying in their host countries awaiting resettlement, one of the most important things that refugees need, but often lac...

20 Jan 2023

From beauty queen to social entrepreneur: Tamara Gondo on rebuilding refugee lives and protecting the environment

News / Energy

The case for colocation data centres: green, flexible, convenient

...tres and restricting future development to manage unbridled growth. In Singapore, a review of the data centre industry completed in January this year resulted in the strategy to seek data centres that...

21 Jun 2022

The case for colocation data centres: green, flexible, convenient

News / Cities

India’s successful Project Tiger could do even better, say experts

...tructure is needed to recover the tiger population in this fragmented landscape.” A report by the Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment states that the Standing Committee of the National Board o...

26 Jul 2023

India’s successful Project Tiger could do even better, say experts

Podcasts / Policy & Finance

‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz

...to hiding? With the kind of attention that the global community gave the issue, I thought that it would be a mistake on the government's part to arrest or do anything against me. I don't really want t...

26 Oct 2023

‘Never give in to fear’: Nobel peace prize nominee and Filipino Indigenous leader Vicky Tauli Corpuz

News / Corporate Responsibility

22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023

...tion to attract parents and their children to visit Singapore's Southeast Asia Aquarium to learn about ocean conservation in celebration of World Oceans Day omitted the fact that the tourist attractio...

19 Dec 2023

22 brands called out for greenwashing in 2023

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